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In a new study of cancer patients who smoke, those using e-cigarettes (in addition to traditional cigarettes) were more nicotine dependent and equally or less likely to have quit smoking traditional cigarettes than non-users

A new oral medicine has been launched to treat hepatitis C, drug company Bristol-Myers Squibb has announced.

The European Commission has approved the use of Anoro (umeclidinium/vilanterol) for use in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) in the UK.

If a father smokes prior to conception, it could raise the risk of asthma in the children, a new report presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress in Munich revealed.

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) have launched a new framework to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) in countries with low levels of the disease at the ERS' International Congress in Munich.

A major new report has called on policy makers and payers to place greater focus on continence as a health and social care issue rather than simply a lifestyle or quality of life problem.

BJFM editor Robert Mair reports from Allergy UK's GP masterlcass of 2014, which considered the issue of managing paediatric food allergy in primary care.

Many GPs are unaware of military veterans on their list, new research published in the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps has revealed.

Sanofi Pasteur MSD is supporting the Department of Health's national shingles immunisation programme in its second year, offering vaccination to people aged 70, 78 and 79 years from 1 September. 

An estimated 800,000 patients in Wales will find it difficult to secure a convenient appointment with their local GP by 2017 because surgeries are buckling under the strain of rising workloads and falling resources, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has warned.

A nicotine inhaler device, similar to an e-cigarette, has been licenced as a medicine in the UK.

Bladder cancer is the 9th most common cancer diagnosis worldwide. At initial diagnosis, 30% of bladder cancer cases are already diagnosed as muscle-invasive disease (MIBC).

Doctors may introduce a breath test designed to detect early signs of lung cancer which could help lower the disease's death rate

Dementia is an increasingly recognised clinical, social and financial challenge that requires far greater attention. A large number of patients with dementia ultimately end up in care home settings.

Accidental awareness is one of the most feared complications of general anaesthesia for both patients and anaesthetists.